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GERMANISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA 



In the month of April, 1902, at the suggestion of Mr. Emil 
L. Boas, a committee of citizens of New York City was 
formed for the purpose of raising funds for the establish- 
ment of a professorship of the History of German Civili- 
zation. The committee met on May 15 of the same year 
at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, and decided to endeavor to 
raise the funds necessary for the establishment of the pro- 
posed chair. Owing, however, to the unfavorable financial 
condition of that year, the attempt had to be abandoned. 

The suggestion, however, once made, seemed so promis- 
ing that the matter was discussed further ; and a number of 
gentlemen thought it desirable to form a society which 
should have for its purpose the advancement and diffusion 
of a knowledge of the history of German civilization among 
the American people. It seemed to those interested that it 
would be particularly important to introduce this subject 
into our American universities, in order gradually to edu- 
cate a number of men whose influence as teachers and in- 
vestigators would become of importance in future years. 

On the seventh of May, 1904, the following circular was 
sent out : 

New York, May 7, 1904 
Dear Sir: 

With the growth of university teaching in America, Germanic 
departments have been established in all our universities, and the 
study of the German language and literature receives fairly ade- 

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quate attention. Up to the present time the study of the history 
of German civilization has not received the attention that it de- 
serves, and we believe that a development of this part of the work 
of American universities ought to be stimulated by our German- 
American citizens. 

The students of American universities become teachers in our 
public high schools, and upon the breadth of their culture depends 
the breadth of view of the coming generation. A full appreciation 
of the achievements of German civilization widens the horizon of 
the student, and helps to increase respect for Germany as well as 
for the cultural work of other nations. 

The undersigned request your cooperation in a movement in- 
tended to develop the study of German culture at American uni- 
versities, and invite you to join with them in the formation of a 
society the object of which shall be the advancement of the study 
and the knowledge of German culture. The form and by-laws of 
this society are to be determined at a meeting of organization. 

In the fall of the same year, after a sufficient number of 
signatures to the circular had been obtained, a meeting was 
held at the residence of Dr. A. Jacobi, at which were pres- 
ent Dr. A. Jacobi, Mr. W. C. Alpers, Dr. Carl Beck, Mr. 
Emil L. Boas, Professor Franz Boas, Judge Herman C. 
Kudlich, and Mr. Carl Schurz. At this meeting the de- 
sirability of forming the Society was agreed upon, and a 
committee, consisting of Mr. Emil L. Boas, Professor 
Franz Boas, and Judge Herman C. Kudlich, was ap- 
pointed to take further steps. 

In the further pursuance of this object the circular sent 
out on May 7 was reprinted with the signatures of those 
gentlemen who had agreed to join the movement, namely, 
the following: 

Richard Adams Hubert Cillis 

W. C. Alpers F. O. Dettmann 

Carl Beck W. Gundlach 

Emil L. Boas A. Jacobi 

Franz Boas Rudolph Keppler 

Arthur von Briesen William Keuffel 

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Herman C. Kudlich Carl Schurz 

J. Meyer Joseph Senner 

Willy Meyer George von Skal 

H. G. Ramsperger Edward Uhl 

Herman Ridder Leonard Weber 

H. B. Sciiarmann August Zinsser 

The organization meeting of the Germanistic Society of 
America was held on November 26, 1904, at the Hotel St. 
Regis. There were present, in addition to the majority of 
the signers of the original circular, Messrs. Karl Bitter, A. 
Pagenstecher, Heinrich Schniewind, and H. C. Ulbrich. 

The meeting was called to order by Dr. A. Jacobi, and 
it was voted to organize a society to be styled the "Ger- 
manistic Society • of America." A constitution was 
adopted,* and the following officers were elected: 

Carl Schurz, vice-president for 3 years 
Herman C. Kudlich, director for 3 years 
Leonard Weber, director for 2 years 
Everett P. Wheeler, director for 1 year 
Emil L. Boas, treasurer 
Franz Boas, secretary 

After this preliminary organization, the board of direc- 
tors and a committee on membership were instructed to call 
another meeting after the membership of the Society had 
been increased. 

On December 10, 1904, the committee on membership 
sent out a circular letter outlining the aims of the Society, 
and containing an invitation to join it. This letter was 
a repetition, to a certain extent, of the first circular issued, 
to which the following statement was added : 

* See Constitution, printed on pp. 25fF. The original constitution provided for one 
secretary and three directors. At the annual meeting of 1907 this provision of the 
constitution was changed, and a corresponding secretary, a recording secretary, 
and four directors were included in the list of officers of the Society. 

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The Gennamst.c Society of America has been established to 
promote the study and knowledge of German civilization in Imer! 
ica, and of Amencan civilization in Germany, by supportinT^ni- 
vers:ty jnstructxon in these subjects, by arranging pubrieefure 
by pubhshing and distributing documents, and by othe means' 
adequate to the ends for which the Society ha's been ZZ 

rtJr/'!J' r'P°'', *""■ ""•^•^••«'«^« should be enabled to offer to 

ttn Thtf b"i r '"""" "" '""^ '^•^^-''y °* «~ -n Na- 
tion They should have ample collections of books, obiects and 

photographs needed in this branch of instruction, and oppo t^n"^ 

^eronlafrg" ""'"^ " ''"" '" '-' ^~ '^'^^^ 
aZT ^'•\':''?;'J;^»y invited to join the Germanistic Society of 
Amenca which has for its first object the advancement If the 
study and knowledge of German civilization. It is planned to 
invite great German thinkers to come to this country for the pur 

veritiShr"^^ V-'' '^^*"^^' ^"^ ^'- to'pt^de "uni- 
versities with the means of instruction in this line of work. 

Enclosed please find membership blank, which we hope vou will 

Emil L Boas Herman C. Kudmch 

Franz Boas Carl Schurz 

Everett P. Wheeler 

Committee on Membership 

Society of Amenca was distributed as foUows: 

1 patron 
5 life members 
47 annual members 

called, at which the printed constitution was submitted to 

the members and at which the organization of the Soctty 

was proceeded with. The following officers were elected 

EnwARB D. Adams, vice-president for 2 years 

vv. ti. Carpenter, vice-president for 1 year 

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Shortly after the foundation of the Society, Mr. Ed- 
ward D. Adams, one of the founders, guaranteed to the 
Society for the first two years an income sufficient to en- 
able it to take up its work. Thanks to the interest of the 
members, and particularly to the energy of Mr. Emil L. 
Boas, the membership increased rapidly, so that the So- 
ciety numbered at the close of its first year : 

1 patron 
7 life members 
!S09 annual members 

After the Society had thus been placed in a position to 
proceed with its work, arrangements were made to organ- 
ize a number of enterprises. In accordance with the 
programme announced at the outset, the Society en- 
deavored to assist universities in the organization of 
instruction on the more general aspects of German civil- 
ization. Two lectureships on the History of German 
Civilization were established, — one at Columbia Univer- 
sity, New York, and one at Yale University, New Haven, 
—and these endeavors excited the interest of many other 
universities. 

The lectureship on the History of German Civilization 
at Columbia University has been maintained since 1905. 
This form of activity was considered at the beginning one 
of the important and most legitimate phases of the work of 
a society that aimed at the wider extension in America 
of the knowledge and influence of Germanic culture. It 
was felt that if the subject in some of its fundamental as- 
pects were taught in the universities and particularly to 
graduate students, who, in a great number of instances, are 
subsequently themselves to become teachers, it would dis- 
seminate an influence and ultimately produce a result 
that would be far-reaching and important. The establish- 
ment of such a lectureship and its initial maintenance by 

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the Society were proposed to the authorities of Columbia 
University, and in accordance with this proposition Dr. 
Ernst Richard was formally appointed by the Trustees of 
the University with the official title of Lecturer. Since, 
and including the academic year 1905-06, Dr. Richard has 
been giving regular courses of instruction in this field at 
Columbia University. During the first year, a single 
course of two hours a week, consisting of lectures and read- 
ings from sources, was announced under the immediate 
auspices of the Department of Germanic Languages and 
Literatures. Subsequently, an introductory and an ad- 
vanced course have been offered as part of the regular in- 
struction of the Department ; and although the attendance 
upon these courses has not been large, it has been felt by 
the Department and by the University that their presence 
in the programme of instruction has contributed in a 
wholly desirable way to fill a gap that the University from 
a lack of funds could not possibly of itself have undertaken 
to fill for a number of years to come. 

During the academic year 1904-05, Dr. Richard deliv- 
ered the following series of lectures on the History of 
German Civilization at Columbia University: 



Meaning and scope of the History of Civilization 
and its relation to national psychology. Ger- 
manic origins. 

The Germans at the time of their first contact 
with Graeco-Roman civilization. 
Migrations. First conversions to Christianity. 
Beginnings of state formation. The Holy 
Roman Empire of the German Nation. 

Feudal System. Monasteries. 
Chivalry. Crusades. Emperor versus Pope. 
Colonization of the East. Founding of cities. 
The height of power of the cities. 

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1904 
November 


19. 


December 


3. 


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10. 
17. 


1905 

January 

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February 


14. 

21. 

28. 

4. 



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February 11. Germany before the Reformation. 
« 18. The Age of Luther. 

" 25. Beginning of the decay of German life. 

March 4. The Thirty Years' War and its consequences. 

Survivals of culture. 
11. The Age of Absolutism and of French influence. 
18. First beginnings of modern science and industry. 
25. Introductory to the Nineteenth Century: The 
Age of Frederick the Great. 
April 1. The Heroic Age of German culture. Kant. 

Goethe. Schiller. 
" 8. Classicism. Romanticism. Liberalism. 

" 15. 1848. 1871. Bismarck. 

" 29. Intellectual and spiritual life. Wagner. Nietzsche. 

May 6. Transition into the Twentieth Century. 

The following courses have been offered by Dr. Richard 
at Columbia University: 

1905-06: History of German Civilization. Lectures and readings 

from sources. 2 hours.* 
1906-07: Outlines of the History of German Civilization. 2 

hours.* 

German Civilization in the Middle Ages. 2 hours.* 
1907-08: Same as 1906-07. 
1908-09: History of German Civilization. 2 hours.f 

Outlines of the History of German Civilization. 2 

hours.* 
1909-10: History of German Civilization. 3 hours.f 

Outlines of the History of German Civilization. 2 

hours.* 

In addition to the work thus instituted at Columbia Uni- 
versity, funds were also placed at the disposal of Yale 
University that were utilized by the Trustees of the Uni- 
versity for inviting Professor Georg Wobbermin, of the 
University of Breslau, to deliver a course of lectures on the 

* Open to graduate and undergraduate students. 
t Open only to undergraduates. 

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Development of Modern Philosophic Thought in Ger- 
many, which were given during the first term of the 
academic year 1907-08. 

The report of the secretary submitted in 1906 calls at- 
tention to the nature and importance of this particular 
activity of the Society, and expresses the opinion, which is 
still held by the Board of Direction, that the support of 
steady university work should always remain one of the 
prime objects of the Germanistic Society. 

Besides this, arrangements were made for courses of lec- 
tures by eminent Germans representing various aspects of 
the mental life of modern Germany. 

In the winter of 1905-06, Professor Friedrich Delitzsch, 
the eminent Orientalist, and Dr. Ludwig Fulda delivered 
a number of lectures before the Society. The Society also 
arranged an extended lecture course for Dr. Fulda before 
colleges, universities, and societies outside of New York. 

The following extract from the report of the secretary, 
presented at the first annual meeting, indicates the condi- 
tion of the work of the Society during the first year of its 
existence in relation to other attempts in related lines of 
work: 

The enterprises which have been initiated by a number of 
American univepsities and by the German Government for the 
purpose of increasing knowledge of German civilization in Amer- 
ica prove that the objects of the Society serve a needed demand. 

Since the foundation of the Society, arrangements have been 
made for establishing an exchange of professors between Harvard 
University and German universities. A similar enterprise has 
been initiated by friends of the Northwestern University at Evans- 
ton, III., and quite recently the generous foundation of the Roose- 
velt professorship at Columbia University by Mr. James Speyer 
has led to the establishment of a similar relation between Columbia 
University and German universities. The visits of a number of 
eminent Germans who were sent to the United States on behalf of 
the German Government are further indications of the need of firmer 
bonds in the scientific and artistic activities of the two countries. 

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These endeavors point out clearly the direction in which the 
further activity of the Germanistic Society of America must de- 
velop. The periodical visits of German scientists do not quite fill 
the need of regular and continuous instruction of American stu- 
dents. As was stated in the first circular of the Society, one of 
the objects that we have to bear in mind is the systematic training 
of those men who will become teachers in our high schools, and 
through whom alone we can hope to reach the future generations 
of Americans. To impart to American teachers knowledge of the 
history of German civilization must be considered one of the prime 
objects of our Society. For this reason the Society has endeavored 
to come into close touch with American universities and to learn 
what their needs are. From the information obtained from repre- 
sentatives of Germanistic departments in American universities, 
we conclude that the most efficient method of attaining our end is 
the introduction of regular instruction in the subjects in which 
we are interested, and in making their value so apparent to the 
university authorities that in course of time the subjects will be 
carried on by the universities themselves. 

If the plan of the Society proves valuable, it should be our en- 
deavor to enlarge our membership, and to found branch societies 
or parallel societies in other cities which should support the uni- 
versity work in these cities. 

While the lectures to be delivered by Professor Delitzsch and 
Dr. Fulda will without any doubt prove an effective means of 
reaching large numbers of our fellow-citizens, it would seem desir- 
able that in later years it should be the endeavor of the Society to 
invite, so far as is feasible, gentlemen who can present various 
aspects of German civilization in the English language, because 
we must not forget that our prime object is to make known German 
civilization, not to our fellow-citizens of German birth, but to those 
of American birth. 

It has not been possible, so far, to take up the second aspect of 
the work of the Society, namely, to contribute to a better apprecia- 
tion of America in Germany. Without any doubt, the visits of 
prominent Germans which we have arranged, and which we may 
arrange in the future, will contribute in this direction; but this 
work also might be taken up in a more efficient manner by directly 
supporting lectures, and perhaps instruction, on American sub- 
jects in Germany. 

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During the second year of its existence, the Society con- 
tinued work on the plan originally adopted. At this time 
the general system of exchange professorships was ex- 
tended by an arrangement entered into by the University 
of Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin was endeav- 
oring to develop its Germanic department by a foundation 
in memory of Carl Schurz. 

The relation between the work of the Society and other 
similar efforts was dwelt upon in the secretary's report 
submitted at the second annual meeting. It was pointed 
out that the field of activity selected by the Society differed 
in important respects from that chosen by American uni- 
versities. While the visit of a German professor to Amer- 
ica, or that of an American professor to a German 
university, is highly stimulating to him and increases the 
interest of his colleagues in the scientific activities of either 
country, and while he is also in a position to reach advanced 
students of a special subject, he cannot be expected sys- 
tematically to expound to students the historical develop- 
ment of the whole field of German civilization — a subject 
which the Society considers of the greatest importance. 
Furthermore, the German professors who are sent to 
American universities can reach the general American 
public only to a limited extent, because their duties confine 
them more or less to work at the university to which they 
are sent. There is clearly, therefore, a distinct field for the 
work of the Germanistic Society, which requires ample 
means for its systematic development, and an application 
of a considerable amount of attention and energy. 

During the year 1907, the third year of the existence of 
the Society, the old lines of work were continued, and a 
new enterprise was added to those that had been success- 
fully inaugurated. It seemed desirable to offer to the 
teachers of German in New York City and vicinity an li 

opportunity to keep up their scientific interest in the sub- 

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ject in which they give instruction; and a series of lectures 
was planned, partly for members of the Society, but essen- 
tially with a view to advancing the interests of the teaching 
of German in the schools of New York and of neighboring 
cities. In order to* accomplish this end, a course of action 
was decided upon, in consultation with the presidents of 
the associations of teachers of German in New York City, 
and invitations were issued to all the members of these asso- 
ciations. This new line of work has proved very successful. 
During the years 1908 and 1909, the plan and scope of this 
work were not materially altered, and a number of differ- 
ent subjects were discussed in series of lectures before large 
audiences of New York teachers and of members of the 
Society. 

In 1908, the Society also commenced the publication of 
some of the lectures delivered before its members ; and it is 
hoped that this series, the value of which has already been 
recognized, will become more and more useful and im- 
portant. The following lectures have been published and 
widely distributed:* 

I Germany and the United States 

An address delivered before the Germanistic Society of 
America, January 24, 1908, by John W. Burgess, Ph.D., 
LL.D., Dean of the Faculty of Political Science in Columbia 
University, President of the Germanistic Society of America. 
New York, 1908. 

II The German Emperor and the German Government 

An address delivered before the Germanistic Society of Amer- 
ica, January 5, 1909, by John W. Burgess, Ph.D., LL.D., 
Dean of the Faculty of Political Science in Columbia Univer- 
sity, First Roosevelt Professor in the University of Berlin, 
President of the Germanistic Society of America. New York, 
1909. 

*Copies of the above publications will be furnished upon application to the Cor- 
responding Secretary of the Germanistic Society of America, Columbia University, 
New York. 

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in Das Geheimnis der Gestalt 

Vortrag gehalten vor der Germanistischen Gesellschaft von 
Amerika, 2. Dezember, 1908, von Carl Hauptmann. New 
York, 1909. 



The activity of the Society in various lines can best be 
set forth by a summary of its work, which is given in 
tabular form on the following pages : 

I. TOURS OF FOREIGN LECTURERS, 1906-1909 



1906 190T 1908 1908 1909 
Spring Fall 

FuLDA HoETzscH Krueger Haupt- Fried- 

MANN UiENDER 



1. Colleges and Universities 

Brown — 

Columbia — 

Cornell 1 

George Washington . . — 

Indiana 1 

Johns Hopkins .... — 

Kenyon — 

Missouri 1 

Mount Holyoke .... — 

New York ( College City of) - 

Northwestern — 

Ohio State — 

Pennsylvania 1 

Princeton 1 

Rochester — 

Vassar 1 

Washington (St. Louis) . 1 

Wellesley - 

Williams — 

Wisconsin 1 

Yale _1^ 

Total ..... 9 



8 



2 



3 



1 
3 

3 



17 



16 



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I. TOURS OF FOREIGN LECTURERS, 1906-1909 --Continued 



1906 



FULDA 



Brought forward . . 9 
2. Societies 

New York (incl. Brooklyn) 5 

Boston 1 

Philadelphia 1 

Washington — 

Pittsburgh 1 

Buffalo 1 

Cleveland 1 

Columbus 1 

Cincinnati 1 

Indianapolis 1 

Detroit 1 

Chicago 1 

Milwaukee 1 

Minneapolis — 

Davenport 1 

San Francisco .... — 

Total 26 



1907 1908 

Spring 

HOETZSCH KrUEGER 



8 

3 
1 
1 



7 

1 
1 



1908 1909 

FaU 

Haupt- Fried- 
mann laender 

7 17 

4 4 

1 1 

1 1 

1 

1 
1 1 

1 1 

1 1 

1 1 

1 

1 1 

1 
1 



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16 



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II. SINGLE LECTURES DELIVERED IN 
NEW YORK CITY 

1905-1910 



1905 

Friedrich Delitzsch, University of Berlin 

Die Wiedererweckung des babylonisch-assyrischen 

Altertums Academy of Medicine 

Das babylonisch-assyrische Altertum im Licht des alten 
Testaments und der Grabungen 

Am. Museum of Nat. History 

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Die Bedeutung des babylonisch-assyrischen Altertums 
fiir Kunst und Wissenschaft 

Am. Museum of Nat. History 

These lectures were repeated at The Horace Mann Audi- 
torium 



1906 
LuDwiG FuLDA, Berlin 

Readings from his Works 
Schiller und die neue Generation 
*Die Kunst der Uebersetzung 

Die Muttersprache 
*Readings from his Works 



Waldorf-Astoria 

Columbia Univ. 

Liederkranz 

Mendelssohn Hall 

Irving Place Theater 



1907 

Heinrich Kraeger, Kunstakademie, Diisseldorf 

Adolf von Menzel Mendelssohn Hall 

Arnold Bocklin 1 Mendelssohn Hall 

Arnold Bocklin II Horace Mann Auditorium 

Otto Hotzsch, Royal Academy, Posen 

History of the German Constitution (Three Lectures) 

Academy of Medicine 
Bismarck Columbia Univ. 

1908 



Academy of Medicine 
Academy of Medicine 
Academy of Medicine 



John W. Burgess, Columbia Univ. 

Germany and the United States 
Rudolf Leonhard, Univ. of Breslau 

Die deutsche Familie 
Paul Clemen, Univ. of Bonn 

Die moderne deutsche Landschaft 
Herm. Anders Kruger, Royal Technological School, Hanover 
Der deutsche Bildungsroman von Wilhelm Meister bis 

auf die Gegenwart Columbia Univ. 

^Readings from his Works Lehrerinnen Verein 

*Einflusz der zeitgenossischen russischen und skandina- 
vischen Litteratur auf die jungstdeutsche Bewe- 
gung Gesellig-Wissenschaftlicher Verein 

* The lectures marked with an asterisk were not delivered under the auspices of 
the Germanistic Society. 

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Das Erwachen des dramatischen Lebens in Deutschland 

wahrend der 80er Jahre Columbia Univ. 

George von Skal 

Carl Hauptmann Columbia Univ. 

Ernst Henrici, Leipzig 

Die germanische Entdeckung Amerikas im Jahre 1000 

und ihre Folgen Academy of Medicine 

Carl Hauptmann, Mittel-Schreiberhau 

Das Geheimnis der Gestalt Horace Mann Auditorium 

Die drei Gestalten der Dichtkunst Horace Mann Auditorium 
Das Lied Horace Mann Auditorium 

Vorlesung aus eigenen Werken Horace Mann Auditorium 

*Vorlesung aus eigenen Werken Deutsches Theater 

* Vorlesung aus eigenen Werken Brooklyn Germania 
*Vorlesung aus eigenen Werken 

Deutscher Verein of Columbia Univ. 

* Vorlesung aus eigenen Werken Freie Volksbiihne 



1909 

John W. Burgess, Columbia Univ. 

The German Emperor and the German Government 

Columbia Univ. 
Albrecht F. K. Penck, Univ. of Berlin 

Der Ozean Academy of Medicine 

James Taft Hatfield, Northwestern University 

The Poetry of Wilhelm Miiller Columbia Univ. 

Christian Hulsen, German Archaeological Inst., Rome, Italy 

Forum Romanum Academy of Medicine 

Max Friedlaender, Univ. of Berlin 

Carl Maria von Weber Mendelssohn Hall 

Beethoven I Mendelssohn Hall 

Beethoven II Mendelssohn Hall 

*Beethoven Brooklyn Germania 

1910 

Carl Runge, Univ. of Gottingen 

Ueber das Fliegen Academy of Medicine 

*The lectures marked with an asterisk were not delivered under the auspices of 
the Germanistic Society. 

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Eduard Meyer, Univ. of Berlin 

Die Kultur und Denkmaler der Pyramidenerbauer 

Academy of Medicine 
Edwin C. Roedder, Univ. of Wisconsin 

Schiller's "Demetrius" Columbia Univ. 



III. COURSES FOR TEACHERS OF GERMAN GIVEN AT 
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 



1. NINETEENTH CENTURY DRAMATISTS (IN GERMAN) 



1907 

November 7 

Kleist 
November 21 

Grillparzee 
December 5 

Grabbe Professor Robert Herndon Fife, Jr., Wesley an 

December 19 

Hebbel Professor Camillo von Klenze, Brown 



Professor Karl Detlev Jessen, Bryn Mawr 
Professor Calvin Thomas, Columbia 



Professor Max Friedrich Blau, Princeton 



1908 
January 9 

LUDWIG 

January 23 

Freytag Professor Marion Dexter Learned, Pennsylvania 
February 6 

Anzengruber Professor John Firman Coar, Adelphi 

February 20 

SuDERMANN Professor Karl Knortz, Tarrytown, N. Y, 

March 5 

FuLDA Professor William Addison Hervey, Columbia 

March 19 

Hauptmann Professor Rudolf Tombo, Jr., Columbia 

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2. MASTERPIECES OF GERMAN LITERATURE (IN ENGLISH) 

1908 
October 20 

The Stories op Siegfried, especially in the Nibe- 

liUNGENLiED Professor Camillo von Klenze, Brown 

October £7 

Walther von der Vogelweide 

Professor Henry Wood, Johns Hopkins 
November 10 

Hans Sachs Professor Adolf Busse, Ohio State University/ 
November 17 

Wolfram von Eschenbach's "Parzival" 

Professor Rudolf Tombo, Jr., Columbia 
November 24 

SiMPLICISSIMUS 

Professor Harvey Waterman Thayer, Princeton 
December 1 

Lessing's "Laokoon" 

Professor Arthur F. J. Remy, Columbia 
December 8 

Lessing's "Nathan der Weise" 

Professor John F. Coar, Adelphi 
December 15 

Goethe's "Goetz von Berlichingen" 

Professor William A. Hervey, Columbia 

1909 
January 12 

Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister" 

Professor E. W. Bagster-Collins, Teachers College, Columbia 
January 19 

Goethe's "Faust" Professor Calvin Thomas, Columbia 

January 26 

Schiller's "Rauber" Professor J. F. L. Raschen, Lafayette 
February 2 

Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell" 

Professor Gustav Gruener, Yale 
February 9 

Schiller's "Wallenstein" 

Professor C. F. Kayser, Normal College 

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February 16 

Heine's "Buch der Lieder" 

Professor Robert H. Fife, Jr., Wesley an 
February 23 

Wagner's "Ring des Nibelungen" 

Professor William H. Carpenter, Columbia 



3. THE MUSIC OF GERMANY (IN ENGLISH) 

1909 
October 21 

Das DEUTSCHE VOLKSLIED 

Professor Max Friedlaender, Berlin 
November 4 

Bach Mr. Daniel Gregory Mason, Columbia 

November 18 

Mozart and Haydn Mr. Daniel Gregory Mason, Columbia 
December 9 

German Organ Composers — Bach, Mendelssohn, 

Rheinberger Mr. Felix Lamond 

1910 
January IS 

German Oratorio Composers — Bach, Handel, Men- 
delssohn, Brahms. Voices — University Chorus 

Mr. Walter Henry Hall 
January 27 

German Song-Writers — Schubert, Schumann, and 
Others. Voices — Solo and twelve male voices 

Dr. John C. Griggs, Vassar 
February 10 

Beethoven and Schumann Mr. Thomas Whitney Surette 
March S 

Wagner. Piano — Professor Cornelius Rubner, Co- 

Iwmbia Mr. Henry E. Krehbiel 

March 16 

Concert by Liederkranz Society 

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IV. COURSES ARRANGED FOR THE GERMANIA 

SOCIETY AND BROOKLYN TEACHERS 

(In German) 

1908 1908-1909 
October 25 

Carl Hauptmann George von Skal 

November 8 

A'^ORLESUNG Aus EiGENEN Werken Carl Hauptmanii 

November 22 

Gerhart Hauptmann's "Versunkene Glocke" 

Professor Rudolf Tombo, Jr., Columbia Univ. 
December 6 

Grillparzer Professor Calvin Thomas, Columbia Univ, 

December 20 

Anzengruber Professor John Firman Coar, Adelphi College 

1909 
January 10 

Hebbel Professor Camillo von Klenze, Brown Univ, 

1909 1909-1910 

October 17 

Beethoven (with musical illustrations) 

Max Friedlaender, Professor of the History and Science 
of Music in the University of Berlin 
November 14 

Detlev von Liliencron George von Skal 

1910 
January 16 

Die Entwickelung des realistischen Dramas seit 

DEM 18. JaHRHUNDERT BIS AUF IbSEN UND BeRN- 

HARD Shaw Professor Camillo von Klenze, Brown Univ, 
February 20 

Schiller's "Die Jungfrau von Orleans" 

Professor John Firman Coar, Adelphi College 
March 20 

OSSIAN IN DER DEUTSCHEN LiTTERATUR 

Professor Rudolf Tombo, Jr., Columbia Univ, 

Note.— Several lectures will be arranged for the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and 
Sciences for the season of 1910-11. 

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It will be seen that the variety of subjects treated, and 
the number of centers reached by the activity of the So- 
ciety, are very considerable. 

The period of tentative organization is past, and the 
Society sees before it a large field of work and opportunity 
for varied usefulness. 



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CONSTITUTION 



ARTICLE I 

This Corporation shall be styled the Germanistic Society of 
America. 

ARTICLE II 

The object of the Society is to promote the knowledge and study 
of German civilization in America and of American civilization in 
Germany, by supporting university instruction on these subjects, 
by arranging public lectures, by publishing and distributing docu- 
ments, and by other means adapted to the ends for which the 
Society is established. 

ARTICLE III 

The affairs, funds, and property of the Society shall be in gen- 
eral charge of a board of eleven directors, all of whom shall be 
chosen from among the members of the Society, excepting hon- 
orary members. 

ARTICLE IV 

MEMBERS 

Section 1, The Society shall consist of members, life members, 
patrons, and honorary members and officers. The name and 
residence of a candidate for membership shall be presented in 
writing to the Board of Directors, and a majority vote of the 
members present at any board meeting shall admit the candidate. 

Sec. 2. The contribution of two hundred and fifty dollars at 
one time shall entitle the person giving the same to be a Life 
Member. 

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Sec, 3, The contribution of one thousand dollars at one time 
shall entitle the person giving the same to be a Patron. 

Sec, 4" Societies and Institutions may become members, life 
members, and patrons of the Society. 

Sec. 5. Persons who have rendered eminent services in further- 
ing the aims and objects of the Society may be elected to honorary 
membership or office, and shall be exempt from the payment of 
dues. 

ARTICLE V 

OFFICERS 

Section 1, The officers of the Society shall be a president, three 
vice-presidents, a recording secretary, a corresponding secretary, 
a treasurer, and four directors. Collectively they shall constitute 
the Board of Directors. 

Sec. 2. The Board of Directors shall transact all business of 
the Society not otherwise provided for, and shall have power to 
fill vacancies in its own membership until the next annual election. 

ARTICLE VI 

MEETINGS 

Section 1. The annual meeting shall be held on the last Mon- 
day of November each year. At this meeting the reports of the 
officers shall be presented, and officers for the ensuing year shall 
be elected. 

Sec. 2. Other meetings shall be held at such time and place as 
the Board of Directors may determine. 

Sec. 3. The Board of Directors shall call a meeting upon the 
written request of twenty members of the Society. 

Sec. Jf,. Notices for special and other meetings shall be sent by 
mail, at least three days prior to the time of holding the meeting, 
and a notice so sent shall be considered sufficient notification. 



ARTICLE VII 

AMENDMENTS 

Written notice of proposed amendments to the Constitution or 
By-Laws, signed by at least three members, life members, or 

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patrons, may be presented at any meeting of the Society. Such 
notice shall be referred to the Board of Directors for consideration 
and recommendation. The Board of Directors shall consider the 
proposed change and return it to the Society for action, with such 
recommendation as it deems wise. Each member, life member, and 
patron shall receive a copy of such proposed amendment at least 
thirty days prior to the date of meeting on which same is acted 
upon. A two-thirds vote of the members voting shall be necessary 
to adoption. 



BY-LAWS 



ARTICLE I 

OFFICERS 

The officers of the Society shall be chosen from its members, life 
members, and patrons, and shall be a president, a recording secre- 
tary, a corresponding secretary, and a treasurer, whose terms of 
office shall be one year ; three vice-presidents, whose terms of office 
shall be three years, and four directors, whose terms of office shall 
be four years. 

ARTICLE II 

DUES 

Section 1. The annual dues of members shall be twenty-five 
dollars, and shall be payable on the first day of December of each 
year, in advance. 

Sec. 2. Members whose dues are in arrears for more than one 
year shall be dropped from the roll, unless the Board of Directors 
shall otherwise determine. 

ARTICLE III 

ELECTIONS 

Section 1. At each annual meeting there shall be elected by 
ballot a president, one vice-president, a recording secretary, a cor- 

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responding secretary, a treasurer, and one director, who shall 
serve until the close of the meeting at which their successors are 
chosen. 

Sec. ^. When the president has been elected to succeed him- 
self, he shall not be eligible for the presidency for the year suc- 
ceeding his reelection. 

Sec. 3. The first three directors and three vice-presidents of 
the Society shall be elected, one to serve for three years, one for 
two years, and one for one year. 

Sec. Ji-. A majority of votes shall be necessary to elect. 



ARTICLE IV 

COMMITTEES 

Section 1. The Board of Directors may appoint such standing 
and special committees as it deems necessary. 

Sec. 2. The Board of Directors shall appoint, in advance of 
the annual meeting, an auditing committee, consisting of three 
persons, none of whom is an officer, to audit the accounts of the 
treasurer and to report at the annual meeting. 

Sec. 3. The Board of Directors shall have power to fill va- 
cancies in its body. 

ARTICLE V 

The seal of the Society shall be as follows : 



[seal] 



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OFFICERS 



1905 



Vice-Presidents 
Carl Schurz 
Edward D. Adams 
W. H. Carpenter 

Treasurer 

Emil L. Boas 



Directors 

Herman C. Kudlich 
Leonard Weber 
Everett P. Wheeler 

Secretary 
Franz Boas 



1906 

President 
Nicholas Murray Butler 



Vice-Presidents 
Karl Buenz 
W. H. Carpenter 
Edward D. Adams 

Treasurer 
Emil L. Boas 



Directors 

A. B. Hepburn 
Herman C. Kudlich 
Leonard Weber 

Secretary 
Franz Boas 



1907 

President 
Nicholas Murray Butler 



Vice-Presidents 

Edward D. Adams 

Karl Buenz 

W. H. Carpenter 



Directors 

Leonard Weber 
A. B. Hepburn 
Herman C. Kudlich 



Treasurer 
Emil L. Boas 



Recording Secretary 
Franz Boas 



Corresponding Secretary 
Rudolf Tombo, Jr. 



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Vice-Presidents 
A. VON Briesen 
Edward D. Adams 
W. H. Carpentee 



Recording Secretary 
Franz Boas 



1908 

President 
John W. Burgess 
Directors 

Archer M. Huntington 
Nicholas Murray Butler 
Leonard Weber 
A. B. Hepburn 

Treasurer 
Emil L. Boas 

Corresponding Secretary 
Rudolf Tombo, Jr. 



Vice-Presidents 

W. H. Carpenter 
A. VON Briesen 
Edward D. Adams 



Recording Secretary 
Franz Boas 



1909 

President 
John W. Burgess 
Directors 

Hugo Reisinger 
Archer M. Huntington 
Nicholas Murray Butler 
Leonard Weber 

Treasurer 
Emil L. Boas 

Corresponding Secretary 
Rudolf Tombo, Jr. 



Vice-Presidents 
Antonio Knauth 
W. H. Carpenter 
A. VON Briesen 



1910 

President 
Edward D. Adams 

Directors 

Leonard Weber 
Hugo Reisinger 
Archer M. Huntington 
Nicholas Murray Butler 

Treasurer 
Emil L. Boas 



Recording Secretary 
Franz Boas 



Corresponding Secretary 
Rudolf Tombo, Jr. 



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LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE GERMANISTIC 
SOCIETY OF AMERICA 

Honorary Members 

Roosevelt, Hon. Theodore, care of Outlook Co., 287 Fourth Ave. 
White, Andrew D., Ithaca, N. Y. 

Patron 
Uhl, Oswald (Deceased) 

Life Members ^ 

Adams, Edward D., 455 Madison Avenue 
Armour, Allison V., 1 Madison Avenue 
Berwind, E. J., 1 Broadway 
Blumenthal, George, 23 West 53d Street 
Boas, Emil L., 128 West 74th Street 
Hubbard, Thomas H., 25 Broad Street 
Huntington, Archer M., 1083 Fifth Avenue 
Morgan, J. Pierpont, 23 Wall Street 
Pulitzer, Joseph, 11 East 73d Street 
Warburg, Felix M., 52 William Street 

Annual Members 

Achelis, FritZj 11 Mercer Street 

Bache, Jules S., 42 Broadway 

Bahnsen, C, 80 Leonard Street 

Baker, Carl F., 101 Duane Street 

Batyer, Henry, 45 Broadway 

Beck, Dr. Carl, 37 East 31st Street 

Becker, John F., 31 Belvidere Street, Brooklyn 

Behrend, F., 54 Front Street 

Behrens, Arend, 95 Broad Street 

Belmont, August, 23 Nassau Street 

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Bernheim, Gustav, 76 Duane Street 

Berwind, H. A., 305 Betz Building, Philadelphia 

Berwind, John E., 1 Broadway 

Boas, Prof. Franz, Grantwood, N. J. 

Boettger, Henry W., 125 Prince Street 

Boldt, George C, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel 

Briesen, Arthur von, 25 Broad Street 

Brucker, Carl, 37 Barclay Street 

Biihler, Conrad, 453 Broome Street 

Burgess, Prof. John W., 323 West 57th Street 

Burghard, Edward M., 1 East 93d Street 

Busch, Adolphus, St. Louis, Mo. 

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 119 East 30th Street 

Carlebach, Emil, 15 Broad Street 

Carpenter, Prof. William H., 253 West 100th Street 

Cillis, Hubert, 20 Nassau Street 

De Barry, Adolphe, 60 & 62 Warren Street 

Denig, Dr. Rudolf, 56 East 58th Street 

Diehl, George H., 18 West 127th Street 

Dieterich, C. F., 2 Rector Street 

Edenborn, William, 226 Carondelet Street, New Orleans 

Ehret, George, 235 East 92d Street 

Filers, A., 165 Broadway 

Erbsloh, Rudolf, 42 West 58th Street 

Fischer, William H., 397 Greenwich Street 

Fleitmann, Frederick T., 490 Broome Street 

Fleitmann, William, 490 Broome Street 

Franksen, Rudolf, P. O. Box 658 

Gadebusch, P., 152 Fifth Avenue 

Gans, John H., 21 State Street 

Gerdau, Otto, 83 Murray Street 

Goepel, A., 375 Fulton Street, Brooklyn 

Goepel, Carl, 15 William Street 

Goldsmith, Abraham, 35 Nassau Street 

Gottheil, Paul, 8-10 Bridge Street 

Graef, Wilhelm R., 133 St. Paul's Avenue, Stapleton 

Gravenhorst, George, 90 Wall Street 

Gruening, Dr. E., 36 East 57th Street 

Grundner, M., 49 Wall Street 

Guggenheim, Benjamin, 52 William Street 

Haan, R. M., St. Regis Hotel 

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Hasslacher, Jacob, 100 William Street 

Haupt, Louis, 2S2 East 19th Street 

Hepburn, A. B., 83 Cedar Street 

Hermann, Ferdinand, 24 Pine Street 

Heuermann, L., 5 Broadway 

Hirschland, Dr. F. H., 60 Wall Street 

Hochschild, B., 565 West End Avenue 

Huber, Jacques, 401 West End Avenue 

Hutter, Karl, 241 Elm Street 

Jacobi, Dr. A., 19 East 47th Street 

Jacoby, George W., 44 West 72d Street 

Jaegerhuber, Max, 192 Fifth Avenue 

Kahn, Otto H., 52 WilHam Street 

Kanzow, O. C, 42 Broadway 

Kaupe, William, 489 Broome Street 

Keppler, Rudolph, 28 West 70th Street 

Kessler, George A., 20 Beaver Street 

Kiliani, Dr. Otto G. T., 44 West 77th Street 

Kimbel, Anthony, 320 West 104th Street 

Kleybolte, Rudolf, 27 Pine Street 

Klipstein, A., 122 Pearl Street 

Kluepfel, C, 11 Broadway 

Knauth, Antonio, 39 West 76th Street 

Knauth, Wilhelm, 13 William Street 

Kudlich, H. C, 299 Broadway 

KuttrofF, Adolf, 128 Duane Street 

Lafrentz, Ferdinand W., 100 Broadway 

Langeloth, J., P. O. Box 957 

Langmann, Dr. G., 121 West 57th Street 

Lawson, W. T., 34 Nassau Street 

Lehmacher, Dr. Franz, 166 Springfield Avenue, Newark 

Lesch, R., 14 East 23d Street 

Levy, Emil, 324 West 51st Street 

Lichtenstein, Alfred, 49 Wall Street 

Lichtenstein, Paul, 25 Broad Street 

Lieberoth, W., 25 Broad Street 

Livingston, Julius J., 52 Broadway 

Loewel, Curt, 466 Broome Street 

Lohrke, Otto E., 30 Pine Street 

Loines, Stephen, 49 Wall Street 

Low, Seth, 30 East 64th Street 

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Luechow, August, 108 East 14th Street 

Lueder, A., 112 WaU Street 

Maas, Dr. Fritz, 691 Lexington Avenue 

Mahl, William, Hotel Majestic, West 72d Street 

Marburg, William, 59 Wall Street 

Marshall, Louis, 30 Broad Street 

Merck, George, West Orange, N. J. 

Merckel, Otto J., 46 Wall Street 

Metz, Herman A., 122 Hudson Street 

Meyer, Cord, 62 William Street 

Meyer, Julius P., 45 Broadway 

Meyer, William, 482 Broadway 

Meyer, Dr. Willy, 700 Madison Avenue 

Mohr, William, Cotton Exchange 

Morgenthau, Henry, City Investing Building, Broadway & Cort- 

landt Street 
Nathan, Max, 92 Liberty Street 
Neustadt, Sigmund, 5 Nassau Street 
Ochs, Adolph S., Times Building 
Openhym, Wilfred A., 352 Riverside Drive 
Ottmann, Louis, Fulton Market 
Pagenstecher, A., P. O. Box 683 
Pavenstedt, E., 120 West 74th Street 
Piel, Gottfried, 148 Riverside Drive 
Piel, M., 245 West 72d Street 
von Post, H. C, 32 West 57th Street 

Rahlson, K. J., West 29th Street, between 11th & 13th Avenues 
Raht, Charles, 56 Pine Street 
Reincke, Hans, 28 Spruce Street 
Reisinger, Hugo, 11 Broadway 
Renken, Frederick, 60 Warren Street 
Ridder, Herman, 22 West 74th Street 
Ringler, F. A., 21 Barclay Street 
Rohl, Frederick R., 6 Bridge Street 
Rossler, Franz, 100 William Street 
Ruppert, Jacob, 92d Street & Third Avenue 
Ruprecht, Philip, 26 Broadway 
Sachs, Prof. Julius, Hotel Marie Antoinette 
Sandhagen, H., 83 Greene Street 
Schaefer, Edward C, 190 Bowery 
Scharmann, H. B., 170 West 59th Street 

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Schaus, Adolph, 66 Leonard Street 

Schefer, Carl, 40 West 37th Street 

Schieren, Charles A., 405 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn 

SchifF, Jacob H., 52 William Street 

Schiff, Mortimer L., 52 William Street 

Schmid, Leopold, 138 Water Street 

Schmidt, Fedor, 22 White Street 

Schniewind, Dr. F., 17 Battery Place 

Schniewind, Heinrich, Jr., 62 Greene Street 

Schrenkeisen, Martin, 1123 Broadway 

Schiillinger, J., care of Huyler's, 18th Street & Irving Place 

Schultz, Carl R., 440 First Avenue 

Schurz, Carl L., 49 Wall Street 

Schuster, Carl, 379 Washington Street 

Schwab, Gustav H., 5 Broadway 

Schwyzer, Dr. Fritz, 54 East 58th Street 

Seeligmann, Dr. Gustav, 53 East 72d Street 

Seligman, Isaac N., 1 William Street 

Siegel, W., 11 Broadway 

Sielcken, Herman, 77 Broad Street 

von Skal, George, 1817 Prospect Avenue, Bronx 

Speyer, James, 24 Pine Street 

Sprague, Frank J., 165 Broadway 

Steinway, Charles H., 109 East 14th Street 

Steinway, Frederick T., 109 East 14th Street 

Stiefel, C. F., 58 Maiden Lane 

Stier, George J., 129 East 65th Street 

Stoehr, Hans, Passaic, N. J. 

Sturhahn, C. F., 92 WiUiam Street 

Stursberg, Julius A., 80 Leonard Street 

Stursberg, W., 80 Leonard Street 

Tag, Casimir, 23 Broad Street 

Tepel, William, 620 Hudson Street, Hoboken 

Thalmann, Ernst, 25 Broad Street 

Tiedemann, Theodore, 73 Mercer Street 

Tombo, Prof. Rudolf, Jr., Columbia University 

Victor, A., 54 Broad Street 

Villard, Oswald G., 208 Broadway 

Vogel, A., 93 Nassau Street 

Vogelstein, L., 42 Broadway 

Waitt, Arthur M., 165 Broadway 

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Walther, W. L., 8 Bridge Street 
Warburg, Paul M., 52 William Street 
Watjen, Louis, 68 Broad Street 
Weber, Dr. Leonard, 25 West 46th Street 
Weber, Mrs. Oscar B., 1121 Madison Avenue 
Wicke, William, 36 East 22d Street 
Wilckens, H. A. J., 71 Broadway 
Windmiiller, Louis, 20 Reade Street 
Winter, Hermann, 5 Broadway 
WolfFram, C. B., M North Wilham Street 
von Zedlitz, Mrs. Anna M., 1197 Park Avenue 
Zinsser, August, 180 West 59th Street 
Zinsser, William H., 197 William Street 



SUMMARY 

Honorary Members 2 

Life Members 10 

Annual Members 186 

Total . 198 



CAPITAL ACCOUNT 

November 12, 1909 

In Bank $1,938.87 

In Safe Deposit (value of November 12, 1909) : 

$500 B. & O. first mortgage 4's, at 991/8 .... 495 . 62 
$2,000 Pennsylvania Consolidated mortgage 4's, 

at 1041/8 2,082.50 

$500 Union Pacific first mortgage 4's, at 102% . 513.75 
$5,000 Central Pacific first refunded mortgage 4's, 

at 9714 4,862.50 

$9,893.24 



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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



029 894 119 3 



PUBLICATIONS OF 

The Germanistic Society 
of America 



I Germany and the United States. 

An address delivered before the Germanistic Society 
of America, January 24, 1 908, by John W. Burgess, 
Ph.D., LL.D., Dean of the Faculty of Political 
Science in Columbia University, President of the 
Germanistic Society of America. New York, 1 908. 

II The German Emperor and the 
German Government. 

An address delivered before the Germanistic Society 
of America, January 5, 1909, by John W. Burgess, 
Ph.D., LL.D., Dean of the Faculty of Political 
Science in Columbia University, First Roosevelt 
Professor in the University of Berlin, President of the 
Germanistic Society of America. New York, 1 909. 

III Das Geheimnis der Gestalt 

Vortrag gehalten vor der Germanistischen Gesell- 
schaft von Amerika, 2. Dezember, 1908, von 
Carl Hauptmann. New York, 1909. 

IV The Activities of the Germanistic 
Society of America, 1904 — 1910. 

New York, 1910. 



Copies of the above publications will be furnished upon application 

to the Conespondittg Secretary of the Germanistic Society of 

America, Columbia University, New York. 



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